Policy

Currently, while the centre is constrained from levying taxes on goods beyond the point of manufacturing, state governments cannot levy taxes on services. Hence, the need for a constitutional amendment.

India will never sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj declared in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. She also said India continues to engage with China over its opposition to India’s entry to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

"France and India have very good relations in several sectors and the French government has helped our country on several counts. The relations between France and Puducherry are also very vivid and robust," Chief Minister V Narayanasamy

Deepening cooperation in areas of hydrocarbons, maritime security, trade and investment, agriculture and food will be major focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-day visit to four key countries of African continent beginning on Thursday.